Fani Badayuni

Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni (13 September 1879– 27 August 1961) was an Urdu poet.

Quotes

• Frustration-foiled, all desires quit the lane of heart,
  Depression drowned my mind and soul, hope stood dissolved.
  Who has arrived, spring or death? Why do they open the prison gate?
  Has a manic made to the cage, or a prisoner jumped the wall?
  How to inquire about my hem, or talk about my frantic hand?
  Long past I lost control of the reins of my heart.
  Alone I reached the goal of love, denuded of desire,
  Every comrade fell en route, worn out at last.
  Fani, I'm a living corpse, untombed, undraped,
  Unwelcome in the alien land, exiled from home and hearth.
  • Ghazal, Urdu Ghazals: An Anthology from 16th to 20th century, p. 229 K. C. Kanda: Urdu Ghazals: An Anthology from 16th to 20th century, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 2009

• فانی ؔ ہم تو جیتے جی وہ میت ہیں بے گور و کفن
  غربت جس کو راس نہ آئی اور وطن بھی چُھوٹ گیا
  • Translation: I'm a living corpse, untombed, undraped,
    Unwelcome in the alien land, exiled from home and hearth.
  • Fani, Urdu Ghazals: An Anthology from 16th to 20th century, p. 226